One of the few things that I remember loving as a child was going to Toys R Us. It’s not that I had a bad childhood, I’m just bad at remembering. But for some reason, I will always remember the layout of the Toys R Us in my hometown of Davenport, Iowa, and even the outside of the one across the river, in Moline, Illinois. I remember the excitement of when Davenport finally got a Toys R Us as it was a momentous occasion. Going through the aisles of toys, toys, and more toys was pure joy. Did I spend the majority of my time in the action figures? Of course I did, but I appreciated all of the other aisles and went through all of them, even the Barbie aisle—just in case anybody misplaced a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or GI Joe.
And it’s so stupid that my son does not get that same experience. Sure, there are stores with toy sections, but there aren’t any stores near me solely dedicated to toys. I thought I had found a cool store called “Adult Toys” thinking they would have the toys from my youth, but it turns out it was just another sex shop. What a tease.
I’m legitimately bummed that Toys R Us doesn’t exist anymore. And of course, it doesn’t exist for the dumbest reason ever, in that they realized that closing all the stores would make people more money than keeping them open, even though the store was still turning a profit. It’s very dumb, and it especially sucks that “Durr…captialism…durr,” is robbing my child of a kickass time.
I mean, just at toy sections, my son’s eyes grow wide with glee, and he wants to buy everything, but that could be multiplied by at least like 25 if Toys R Us was still around.
So, come on, Elon Musk. Stop making death machine cars, half ass going to space, and turning Twitter into…probably still Twitter, and make Toys R Us a thing again. If you do, I’ll buy a Tesla…sticker…as long as they are sold at Toys R Us.
I agree 100% with you. I loved the experience of toy stores.lost in Mattel and Hasbro and I want that for m
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